Goooooooooooooooooooooooooool

[B. Goren.]

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW:

GROUP A

Inter Milan, Werder Bremen, TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR, Twente

GROUP B

Lyon, Benfic, Schalke, Hapoel Tel-Aviv

GROUP C

MANCHESTER UNITED, Valencia, RANGERS, Bursaspor

GROUP D

Barcelona, Panathinaikos, Copenhagen, Rubin Kazan

GROUP E

Bayern Munich, Roma, Basel, Cluj

GROUP F

CHELSEA, Marseille, Spartak Moscow, Zilina

GROUP G

AC Milan, Real Madrid, Ajax, Auxerre

GROUP H

ARSENAL, Shakhtar Donetsk, Braga, Partizan Belgrade

Edited August 26, 2010 by B. Goren.

[Van Basten II]

Ouch Auxerre got a raw deal, EPL teams look to have an easy draw except for Tottenham. The A group sure looks like the most intriguing.

[B. Goren.]

Ouch Auxerre got a raw deal, EPL teams look to have an easy draw except for Tottenham. The A group sure looks like the most intriguing.

Group G is a real death group.

Edited August 27, 2010 by B. Goren.

[JohnJ]

By the way Young Boys has to be the worse name for a football team, can't help but think about a bunch of players being molested by their manager between games

-Hey mate wanna play with the Young Boys

- Huh think I'll pass (...)

The fact that their stadium is called 'Wankdorf' doesn't help! This headline seems somewhat tounge in cheek.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=337901&cc=4716

[B. Goren.]

Javier Mascherano is on his way to Barcelona.

[Van Basten II]

Ouch Auxerre got a raw deal, EPL teams look to have an easy draw except for Tottenham. The A group sure looks like the most intriguing.

Group G is a real death group.

I do agree but my little finger tells me that the group will offer the most compelling action . it will make up for some groups that offers on paper little interest , thinking of the group D and H and on a lesser level E unless Basel and Cluj (?) create a suprise.

By the way La Liga and Serie A are starting their championships this weekend, plenty of action on the telly.

Also Super Cup today.

Edited August 27, 2010 by Van Basten II

[Cliff Englewood]

OK, so it's not as glamourous;

Europa League Draw.

Group A

Juventus

Manchester City

Salzburg

Lech

Group B

Atlético Madrid

Bayer Leverkusen

Rosenborg

Aris

Group C

Sporting Lisbon

Lille

Levski Sofia

Gent

Group D

Villarreal

Club Brugge

Dinamo Zagreb

PAOK

Group E

AZ Alkmaar

Dynamo Kyiv

BATE Borisov

Sheriff

Group F

CSKA Moscow

Palermo

Sparta Prague

Lausanne

Group G

Zenit St Petersburg

Anderlecht

AEK Athens

Hajduk Split

Group H

Stuttgart

Getafe

OB

Young Boys

Group I

PSV Eindhoven

Sampdoria

Metalist

Debrecen

Group J

Sevilla

Paris St-Germain

Borussia Dortmund

Karpaty Lviv

Group K

Liverpool

Steaua Bucharest

Napoli

Utrecht

Group L

Porto

Besiktas

CSKA Sofia

Rapid Vienna

Edited August 27, 2010 by Cliff Englewood

[Van Basten II]

Maybe not as glamorius but they are some fine matchups, too bad, can't see any of the action of this competition. Tv rights being owned by a network that my cable distributor does not offer.

If the Super Cur was not that Super the football event of the day was Kaiserslautern winning their first game in 25 matches against Bayern Munich, they played agressively, physically their players going after the ball like a dog after a bit of meat on a bone.

My picks of game to watch this weekend

Saturday

Lorient-Lyon For Gourcuff's debut with Lyon

Sunday

Hoffenheim-St Paul, Don't laugh they are actually the two leading teams after 1 game, Hoffenheim did a number on Bremen last week

Barcelona_Racing David Villa's debut with Barça

Real Madrid-Mallorca The genius with his new team

Edited September 5, 2010 by Van Basten II

[brownie]

My picks of game to watch this weekend

Saturday

Lorient-Lyon For Gourcuff's debut with Lyon

Yohann Gourcuff's debut with Lyon will be a very personal experience since Lyon competes against Lorient.

Lorient's coach is Christian Gourcuff, Yohann's father!

[B. Goren.]

My picks of game to watch this weekend

Saturday

Lorient-Lyon For Gourcuff's debut with Lyon

Yohann Gourcuff's debut with Lyon will be a very personal experience since Lyon competes against Lorient.

Lorient's coach is Christian Gourcuff, Yohann's father!

Unfortunately our cable TV doesn’t broadcast live from the French league games.

[Cliff Englewood]

Yohann Gourcuff's debut with Lyon will be a very personal experience since Lyon competes against Lorient.

Lorient's coach is Christian Gourcuff, Yohann's father!

Nice.

I hope this transfer actually happens, as this guy is really very good.

Liverpool move fast to sign Raul Meireles from Porto for £10.7m

[B. Goren.]

Aston Villa 3, West Ham United 0.

West Ham looks terrible. They have to wake up, otherwise they will spend most of the season in the relegation zone.

Eh, it's only the first game of the season, relax a bit. :g

Bolton 3, West Ham 1.

I am relaxed. The problem is that West Ham's players are also relaxed. IIRC, their next games are Chelsea and Manchester United...

3rd game: Manchester United- West Ham 3:0. Nobody really expected West Ham to come back from Old Trafford with points in their pockets. Nest week: Man Un - Everton, West Ham - Chelsea.

[Van Basten II]

Lorient's attackers had a field day with Lyon central defence and another upset witnessed by yours truly as Gourcuff debut took a backseat to the very poor start of his new team.

[B. Goren.]

After 10 years in Italy, Trezeguet joins Hercules.

[Van Basten II]

Ibrahimovic has joined AC Milan, guess that with David Villa Barça didn't need him anymore , with no Henry either wonder who will be brought in as it gets thinner on offense for them, rumours are that Robinho may leavr city to join the Catalan club.

Didn't see the game but proof that Tottenham may have a hard time handling both competitions as they lost a game they should have won yesterday

[Cliff Englewood]

Boooooooooooooooo!

Horaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

[Van Basten II]

Still on a at least one upset a day diet, Mourinho still has some work to do with his squad. Best debut of the weekend was David Villa who felt at ease quite fast in his new surroundings.St-Pauli's loss was a bit cruel, losing in the last minutes as they deserved a better fate

Rare monday doubleheader as both teams who played in the Super Cup had an extra day to rest their squad, both games will be shown here Bologna will receive Inter and Atltico will host Sporting de Gijon.

[Cliff Englewood]

Don't call Harry Redknapp a "wheeler dealer", seriously don't...

Harry Redknapp

And don't kick a football at him when he's doing an interview either...

Harry Redknapp 2

[Van Basten II]

Tough week for Italian tenors as only AC Milan took the maximum of points, Atletico looked great, if you didn't see the match, find the highlites they were few goals that were a beauty to watch.

[B. Goren.]

Belarus - France: 1:0. Not the best start for Laurent Blanc.

[Van Basten II]

Embarassing indeed, you did not expect the team to be collectively ready but you had to expect especially on home soil to see the more talented team prevailing, hats off to the visitors.

Edited September 4, 2010 by Van Basten II

[B. Goren.]

Peter Crouch is not alone...

[Brad]

Friendly or no friendly, the Spanish loss to Argentina yesterday, 4-1, was an embarassment. Following the tie with Mexico, they better wake up and realize that as World Champions, everyone is going to be out try to beat them.

[B. Goren.]

Gérard Houllier is back in the Premier League.

[Brad]

Not a great pick in my view.